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Ethical guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia
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Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud [Biomedica] 2020 Oct 30; Vol. 40 (Supl. 2), pp. 180-187. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 30. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The pandemic caused by COVID19 is associated with an increase in the number of cases of cardiorespiratory arrest, which has resulted in ethical concerns regarding the enforceability of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as well as the conditions to carry it out. The risk of aerosol transmission and the clinical uncertainties about the efficacy, the potential sequelae, and the circumstances that could justify limiting this procedure during the pandemic have multiplied the ethical doubts on how to proceed in these cases. Based on ethical and legal grounds, this paper offers a practical guide on how to proceed in the clinical setting in cases of cardiopulmonary arrest during the pandemic. The criteria of justice, benefit, no harm, respect for autonomy, precaution, integrity, and transparency are asserted in an organized and practical framework for decision-making regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Subjects :
- Advance Directives
Aerosols
Air Microbiology
COVID-19
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation methods
Clinical Decision-Making
Colombia epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections transmission
Heart Arrest etiology
Humans
Infection Control methods
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional prevention & control
Medical Futility
Occupational Exposure
Personal Autonomy
Personal Protective Equipment
Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral transmission
SARS-CoV-2
Social Justice
Betacoronavirus
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ethics
Coronavirus Infections complications
Heart Arrest therapy
Pandemics prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral complications
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English; Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 2590-7379
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- Supl. 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33152202
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5762